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Re: Splitting nails
My last chemo treatment was 02/01/2016, last Herceptin on 09/19/2016. My nails still are very brittle, especially those on the middle fingers will split at any excuse. The skin at the outer corner of my right thumbnail cracks again and again if I forget to work in gloves. And while I have a full head of hair, it still grows at snails pace. Regeneration generally is much slower than before chemo.
My MIL's hair regrows rather quickly and she was treated wtih Taxotere, Carboplatin, too, but got Avastin instead of H and P.
So to me this looks like a long term effect rather than an effect of longterm use.
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Dx 9/17/2015, IDC/Paget's, Left, 2cm, Stage IIA, Grade 3, 0/3 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2+ at age 57
Surgery 10/6/2015 Lymph node removal: Sentinel
Chemotherapy start 10/19/2015 Carboplatin (Paraplatin), Taxotere (docetaxel)
Targeted Therapy start 10/19/2015 Herceptin (trastuzumab), Perjeta (pertuzumab)
Surgery 02/23/2016 MX Left, PMX Right
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